Richard Thaler (Nobel Prize 2017) Age, Wife, Biography & More

Bio
Full Name	Richard H. Thaler
Profession	Economist, Professor
Field	Behavioral Finance
Doctoral Advisor	Sherwin Rosen
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet inches- 5’ 8”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 70 kg in pounds- 154 lbs
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	White
Personal Life
Date of Birth	12 September 1945
Age (as in 2017)	72 Years
Birth Place	East Orange, New Jersey
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Virgo
Nationality	American
Hometown	New Jersey
School	Newark Academy, Livingston, Essex County, New Jersey
College/University	Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Educational Qualification	Ph.D.
Debut	Book Writing: The Psychology of Choice and the Assumptions of Economics (1987)
Family	Not Known
Religion	Christianity
Favorite Things
Favorite Psychologist	Daniel Kahneman
Favorite Economists	Herbert Simon, Robert Lucas Jr.
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Wife/Spouse	Name Not Known (Blogger, Photographer, Storyteller)
Children	Son- Not Known Daughter- 1

Some Lesser Known Facts About Richard Thaler

• Does Richard Thaler smoke?: Not Known

• Does Richard Thaler drink alcohol?: Not Known

• He is the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

• For publishing a regular column in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, named ‘Anomalies,’ from 1987 to 1990, Thaler gained some attention in the field of Economics.

• Along with Cass Sunstein, Thaler co-authored ‘Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness.’ The book discusses how public and private organizations can help people make better choices in their daily lives.

• He was seen in a cameo role in the 2015 film, The Big Short, alongside Selena Gomez to explain hot-hand fallacy.

• Thaler is the founder of Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, a firm that says a group of investors will capitalize on cognitive biases such as status quo bias, loss aversion, and endowment effect.

• In October 2017, he was, for his remarkable contributions to the field of Behavioral Economics, bestowed with the prestigious Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.